Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-10-07
CENTERviLLE LETTER.
Oct. 4, 1884.

to get up half way readable letter
from here at the present time, owing
to scarcity of items that would a.
all interest your numerous readers.
However, will fill up with something,
and promise "more anon,'' whatever
that means.
Nearly all the placer miners about
here are busily engaged fitting up for
next seasons run. The past season
brought JOY to their hearts, and in
creased the bank accounts of some of
them wonderfully, SO much SO that
Centerville will have representatives
at London, Berlin and Paris the COM
ing winter. Smith & Williams will
extend their Henry Creek ditch to
cover rich surface ground near Col
den Fleece mine. They located this
claim several years ago, and have
done great amount of hard work in
getting it in shape to work profita-
lily. Jake Keller, having become
owner of the Jackson quartz mill, has
concluded to work the tailings that
have accumulated on the dump. He
obtains in nearly every trial very flat
tering prospects. Tons of rich rock
have been run through this mill, and
through the carelessness or want of
experience in some of the men en-
ployed in the mill at the time, con-
siderable of the fine gold went on to
the dump. Mr.. Keller will not use
the mill for working these tailings.
He will sluice them, using silver
plates and burlaps, and a very small
head of water.
1t is reported here that the Golden
Fleece and Star mines will be put in
thorough working order next season.
1t is great pity that these mines
have laid dormant for so long a time.
In the hands of experienced miners
and an investment of few thousand
dollars these mines can be made to
, pay large monthly dividends for years
to come.
Ben Wilson is having his big
S ditch, north side of Grimes creek
, thoroughly repaired. Steve Demp-
sey has several men employed pre-.
a pairing his Boston claims for mex,
seasons work.
Mr.. AIT. Cunningham and family
g have removed to Horseshoe Bend
where they will reside permanently
$ Cakes, Connor, Dodge and Thorn.
;, as have gone to Deadwood to work
e on the new ditch now in course o.
: construction.
George Johnson is at Silver Dis
trict.
i Several very promising prospects
are being worked at Elkhorn. The
Orc Fino, owned by Mitchell 4
Quackenbush, will eventually Prov
to be one of the best mines in Bois,
county. Main tunnel is in 80 feet
3 and according to survey will tap thu
! ledge In thirty feet, and al depth O
- something over 200 feet. Ore fount
in the old tunnel at the west end O
, this mine went up into the hundreds
= Mr.. Barber, of Alder creek, has
tunnel i'll on his mine 100 feet
Don't know the name of it. Quite
l. large ledge has recently been dlscov
: cred i'll the old Elkhorn mine. 1t
three feet or more wide, and roc
. enough is taken out every day
n keep the mill busy crushing httee
hours cut of the twenty-four. 1t
estimated that it will mill SIS pe
: ton. The Gladstone, discovered b
=. Hank Thompson and George Care.
nearly a month ago, is showing u
:. grandly. A shaft was sunk on tn
ba ledge sixty feet, and tunnel run TO
ty feet. A tunnel has been run we
thirty feet from the end of the maj
tunnel, on the ledge, and the san
character Of rock still continues ca
= rying coarse gold. Smith & Swee
present owners of the mine, will ha,
&C. a crushing made before snow file
at The Revenue, owned by VIM. Swee
tly is another mine that will rank as tir
'y, class before another year rolls aroun
ok The lower tunnel OH this NINE is
lu- about three hundred feet, and tu
St mel one hundred feet above this is
ost eighty feet. A raise thirty feet,
the end of this tunnel, shows fiji
body of quartz all the way up, and
places eighteen inches wide. N
w., Sweet is making extensive prepar
'',S tions for winter work. He will hi
.aa M hands, take out quartz, and push t
pau l,,.r trpral to tb., la1ra xyhich